Quote#Homeland
Bohemia is nothing more than the little country in which you do not…
Quote byO. Henry · 1862–1910
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Trimmed Lamp (1907), "The Country of Elusion".
English (original)
Bohemia is nothing more than the little country in which you do not live. If you try to obtain citizenship in it, at once the court and retinue pack the royal archives and treasure and move away beyond the hills.
— O. Henry
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